Hammer



M. D. DAVIS.

HAMMER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR: 4, 1922.

1 ,428,838, Patented Sept. 12, 192-2.

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i To all whom it may concern:

Patented Sept. 12, 1922 U ITE STATES 1,428,838 PATENT OFFICE.

MORTIMER D. DAVIS,

or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB or ONEKALI' :ro GEORGE L. GASSIIDY AND JOHN J. MURRAY, Borne! srnmcrmnp, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

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Application filed Iarcli 4,

Be it known that MORTIMER D. Davis, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hanipden and State of Massachusetts, has. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had t o the accompanying drawing.

. This invention refers to ham'rners and more particularly to a device for rendering the hammer useful in cases where the ordinar hammer would be liable to spoil the wor It has among its objects to provide a hammer head wlth a protector that will enable the hammer to be used on woodwork, upholstery, and places where a strikihg hammer head might injure; to provide such protettor with means for preventing it from being torn if the hammer should slip olf a nail; to arrange that it can be used on any ordinary form of household hammer and have a construction that enables it to be readily manufac tured and used. .'-i- T Protectors havebeen provided,; for hammers in the past, but such have usually taken an impraoticalform, in that a. special hammer was required for holding them.

of an ordinary household hammer, such as known as the bell faced hammer, and will allow the nails to be hammered without the hammer faces possibly coming into contact with the woodwork or other material which the nail is being driven in. The protector consists of a slmple sleeve adapted to go. over the head of the hammer and bind thereon. The front portion of the protector flanges in and has acentral hole in it, to allow the face of the hammer to show and be ready for work. The edges of the hammer face are however covered so that no matter how hard the. protector is struck on the work, the flange of the rotector will act as a buffer between the ace of the hammer and the work. A reinforcing ring is formed in the protector on or near the inside edge of the flanged portion. This ring. reenforces the protector' the device so 1922. Serial No. 541,212.

-mashedout after ordinary use. The protector enables such work, as upholstery, flooring, furniture, and walls to be worked on, without marring the same when the nail is driven in.

In the drawings will shown by way 0 example a modification of this invention:

Figure 1, shows the protector embodying this invention, applied to a hammer.

Figure 2 shows a cross section through the protector and the hammer head on which it is mounted,

'Figure 3 is a section of a modified of Iprotector.

igure 4 is a sectional view of another form of protector.

Figure 5 shows a perspective view of the protector unmounted on a hammer.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts'throughout the drawings.

.111 the construction shown in the drawings, 1 represents a conventional form of hammer of the bell faced type. It has a hammer head provided with claws 2, a body form 1 3 and a bell face 4.

Mounted on the face of the hammer is a protector 5, that consists of a sleeve 6 of cylindrical :form adapted to embrace the bell-face portion of the hammer throughout its length. It has a front flange 16 adapted to butt against the face pro er of the hammer head, and form a butler in front of the hammer face. This flange portion has within its ciroumspection a hole 8 that allows the hammer face free access to a nail head over the greater area of its face. The protector is preferably of rubber but may be of other materials having a resilient body. On the inner surface 9 of the flange 16- is provided a ring of wire 7 Mother reenforcement, which is preferably set near to the portion of the flange that comes intoactual contact with the face of the hammer. in Figure 3 the modified form shows this ring on the outer surface of: the sleeve, and in Figure 4 it is embedded in the rubber. This ring not only reenforces the protector but also enables it to keep its shape at the hole 8'. In Figure 3 the end of the sleeve is slightly stricted to permit the sleeve to lock pos1- v tivel re 2 the orm is such that the natural resiliency of the material will enable it to lock in more or less.

The protector is placed on the hammer head by pressing it over the bell-face un'til over the bell face, but in F igu its flange sets against the hammer face.

It is then ready for use. The nail to be struck is placed in position, and the hammer used on it by hitting it with the exposed portion of the bell face, when at the end of its movement, the nail es into the wood and the protector face stri es-the woodwork,

becomes compressed and allows the nail to o entirely 1n, but keeps the face of the hammer itself from the woodwork. The soft face of the protector gives in, and absorbs the blow, that would otherwise injure the woodwork, but at the same time it allows the full blow toreach the nag and force it in.

While several modified forms of this in- .vention are shown in the drawings, it is not desired to limit this application for patent to that particular iorm, nor in any other way, otherwise than limited by .the prior art,

as it is well understood that many modifications in the construction of the invention could be used that would employ the same principles and come within the scope of the ap nded claims.

aving'thus described the invention what is claimed is: v I

1. A protector for hammer comprising in combination, a sleeve arran' d for mounting on the hammer head, a anged edge on the sleeve adapted to coact with the face MORTIMER D. "DAVIS.

Witnesses: I

. WILLIAM H. DAVIS,

A. P. CONNOR.

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